Broken Souls by Jade M. Phillips

Author:Jade M. Phillips [Phillips, Jade M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B0170XN9QG
Publisher: Jade M. Phillips
Published: 2015-11-28T16:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-FOUR: RUBY

Sleep did not come easy for me that day, images of Guy chained up and desecrated washing through my mind over and over again. Even the few short times my body finally gave way to fatigue, fading in and out of consciousness, Guy still haunted my dreams. The ache inside of me was immeasurable, all-consuming. The scent of him lingered on my clothes and I couldn’t stop breathing him in. I finally succumbed to the idea that lying in bed was as helpful to me as a stick in the eye.

I rose in the early evening and readied myself in the basement while it was still light outside. The werewolf brothers had left early again and I impatiently waited inside the front door for my chance to leave. The second the sun fell below the mountains, casting its shadows across the land, I bolted. I flew through town to finish my blood slave duty first, giving only a few extra minutes to converse with my human friend Earl. He didn’t mention waiting on a vote from the legion, but I saw the hope in his eyes that his life could amount to more than just living in a cage. And even though I was the one who put that hope there in the first place, I, myself, was empty of it.

Not only was the man I loved being tortured and held prisoner in the jail, my best friend had been rendered unconscious by Horus as well. My whole world had turned upside down in the matter of a few days, and the optimism I’d somehow found before in that dark place now bled from me, turning into ice-cold doubt.

I needed a plan that would allow me to safely free Guy Stone from jail and let us escape from this place unharmed. But I couldn’t do it alone, knowing I would only cause more harm than good. I needed help, and the only person I trusted enough to confide my secret in was Cloe. Unfortunately, she was no help to me in her current state.

I thought about going to Pandora with the information, but despite her connection to Wilson, she still held loyal to the vampires. I had little confidence she would sympathize with my situation. In her opinion I would be a traitor by not only killing one of our own to protect a human’s life, but falling in love with the enemy in the first place. Despite my desperation, I rushed toward the Crystal Palace Saloon to meet Orie. I still needed to go with him to the infirmary before visiting Guy in the jail once again.

I walked through the wooden swinging doors to find him, head hanging, sitting at the crowded bar. His usually slick and shiny pony tail, hung matted and un-brushed. He swirled a glass of what looked to be whisky in front of him, his eyes searching the bottom.

The noise in the bar increased as more patrons filtered in and I could barely hear myself think for the werewolves who bantered loudly over a game of poker.

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